The Biden administration auctioned off a massive stretch of the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling on Wednesday, marking the second time in as many weeks the federal government has facilitated major fossil-fuel development on public lands.
this month to block the sale of drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico, claiming the Interior Department didn't properly assess the impacts of fossil fuel development in the region, which is home to five species of sea turtles and to Right whales, a critically endangered species. The group is part of a separate lawsuit also seeking to halt drilling in Willow.
Since it takes years and sometimes decades to develop offshore parcels before crude is pumped, the leases could produce oil and gas long past 2030. That is also the date by which scientists say the world needs to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions to stave off the worst effects of climate change.
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